How health and diseases works?

[Myrten]

Does anyone know how exactly health affects chance of dying?

1) If I have a disease in young age for some time and it goes away does it affect my change of dieing when I get old? Do negative health modifiers have any effect after they are gone?
2) If disease gives me -2 health and other factors (like having a cat and a dog) give me +2 health is my chance of dieing the same as before I got disease and these modifiers?
3) If I have +3 health from treatment and -2 health from disease am I actually better off then if I wouldn't be sick?
4) Does health affect chance of catching diseases?
5) What becoming infirm depends on?

 

[MalfunctionM1Ke]

6) is cancer a congenital diseas? Does it run in the family?

 

[SuperBearNut]

As far as i remember (can be wrong)
1) After modifier/trait is gone its gone (may be some exceptions, dont know)
2) Yes
3) Yes
4) Don't know for sure, but I don't think so (since that could lead to snowball effect )
5) Mostly age + some events give it

 

[Sonmi]

Does anyone know how exactly health affects chance of dying?

1) If I have a disease in young age for some time and it goes away does it affect my change of dieing when I get old? Do negative health modifiers have any effect after they are gone?
2) If disease gives me -2 health and other factors (like having a cat and a dog) give me +2 health is my chance of dieing the same as before I got disease and these modifiers?
3) If I have +3 health from treatment and -2 health from disease am I actually better off then if I wouldn't be sick?
4) Does health affect chance of catching diseases?
5) What becoming infirm depends on?

1) Nope
2) Yup
3) No, treatment bonus caps at the health penalty your sickness gives you.
4) I don't think so.
5) It becomes more likely with age, yeah, but I've seen characters as young as 35 get it.

 

[Myrten]

As far as i remember (can be wrong)
1) After modifier/trait is gone its gone (may be some exceptions, dont know)
2) Yes
3) Yes
4) Don't know for sure, but I don't think so (since that could lead to snowball effect )
5) Mostly age + some events give it

Thanks - am I being correct that characters actually die from age + low health (caused by diseases etc..) rather then diseases?

 

[Myrten]

3) No, treatment bonus caps at the health penalty your sickness gives you.

Is this some hidden mechanic? I've had +3 health from experimental treatment and -2 health from Great Pox

 

[Sonmi]

Is this some hidden mechanic? I've had +3 health from experimental treatment and -2 health from Great Pox

Yeah, they mentioned it in the Dev Diary explaining court physicians and treatments, I'll try finding it.

 

[Bernard95]

Is this some hidden mechanic? I've had +3 health from experimental treatment and -2 health from Great Pox

Yes, it was mentioned in a dev diary. You only get as much health as you need. If you get a +3 treatment and you only have a -2 symptom you basically only get +2.

 

[Sonmi]

Is this some hidden mechanic? I've had +3 health from experimental treatment and -2 health from Great Pox

A good treatment might mitigate some or all of the penalties given by your disease. A very good result might remove it entirely. Nothing should make you stronger than before, although with some you may end up...different.

Not sure, but this might be the quote in question.

 

[Myrten]

Few more questions:

7) Are disease immunities inheritable if child is born after they are gained?
8) Is there any difference between getting treatment and getting other +health traits in terms of survival?
9) Do I need any treatment at all if I have very high base health - let's say 10? 10 - 3 for disease = 7 which is still more then most characters have.

Not sure, but this might be the quote in question.

Thanks, although I'm not sure if they actually implemented it that way.

 

[LackNull]

1) Nope
2) Yup
3) No, treatment bonus caps at the health penalty your sickness gives you.
4) I don't think so.
5) It becomes more likely with age, yeah, but I've seen characters as young as 35 get it.

Are you sure 3) is correct? I've definitely had a treatment bonus that was higher than the health lost from the disease before, I thought it was strange at the time.

Does it just not apply the extra health despite what it displays on the tooltip?

 

[Myrten]

Not sure, but this might be the quote in question.

It looks there is a cap indeed, take a look a this screenshot, I doubt health is calculated differently.